Longer in the tooth
The crossword clue "Longer in the tooth" is answered by OLDER, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
OLDER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OLDER answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for OLDER
Every other clue in this collection answered by OLDER, most used first.
- More mature - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Senior - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Born earlier - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- More experienced - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Wiser partner - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ and wiser - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- More senior - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Wiser companion - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Like a big brother - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Born first - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Companion of wiser. - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Of earlier vintage - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- More aged - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Not as fresh - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Not as new - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Wiser's partner - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Having seniority - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Less fresh - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- More advanced - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- More antiquated - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- Not as recent - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Not as young - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
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